BD+C
APRIL 12, 2013
Seattle''s Beacon Food Forest project is transforming a seven-acre lot in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood into a self-sustaining, edible public park. Architects New Project Portfolios Sustainable Development Designers Cultural Facilities Engineers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Green Sustainability'
BD+C
MAY 10, 2024
At a systems level, green infrastructure—in the form of public parks, wetlands and grasslands, urban forests, green roofs and siding, and rainwater gardens—is our most affordable and most effective technology in protecting cities from the impacts of climate change.
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GCP Applied Technologies
MARCH 16, 2018
Top questions to ask when designing a green roof. We all know the economic and environmental benefits of green roofs , but how do you ensure that your client’s vision of a green roof is realized? Today we had the pleasure of talking with Nick Smith of green roof system specialist Zinco International. Phillip.fry@gc….
Viewpoint Construction Technology
APRIL 30, 2019
New construction technologies to attract younger workers, a push toward green building and the good and bad news in safety — these highlight some of the top stories in April. Green rooftops on skyscrapers, like this one in downtown Chicago, may soon be required in New York City.
BD+C
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Designing a new frontier in Seattle’s urban core 0 qpurcell Fri, 02/23/2024 - 08:50 High-rise Construction Graphite Design Group shares the design for Frontier, a 540,000-sf tower in a five-block master plan for Seattle-based tech leader Amazon.
Green Building Law Update
MARCH 19, 2017
billion, or 31%, from the 2017 level of funding, little attention has been paid to specific priorities including the resultant opportunities for green building. This brief blog post cannot comprehensively address the EPA budget, so instead it will highlight some of the opportunities that exist for green building.
BD+C
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Combining generations and income levels is also critical to a community’s long-term resiliency, adds Liebman, who carried out these ideas in the master plan for Arverne in the Rockaways in Queens. The commercial and residential buildings in Bayfront are surrounded by green space, with two easily accessible forms of public transit.
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